Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-15

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% to %, July II, August 10, November IL
to II, November 81 to %, December 6 to 10.
1t has been supposed that meteors were
thrown from volcanoes on the earth be-
yond the earth's attraction, and after wan
dering returned /; also that they come from
volcanoes on the moon. The present theo-
ry most in favor is that they belong to a
variety of matter floating in space, and
liable to come in contact with the earth
when within the sphere of its attraction.
A WORD WITH MOTHERS.
It is a terrible mistake when mothers do
too much for their children, yet it is very
difficult to draw the line between that and
proper consideration for their wants and
comforts. 1t is 80 natural to be anticpat-
ing for them, and mingled with the feel
ing there is, perhaps, a little s~eltishness, for
the mother cannot help wishing that ii
she should be taken from her little ones,
when she cared for them as one OF unmlX-
ed comfort and happiness.
A mother whose heart remain young is
all incalculable blessing to her children
she can enter into their games and be a
child with them, she is the playfellow OF
her girls, and, as they grow older, is al
most like her elder sister; and If she has
sons, there is q comraderie between her
and them which makes home the most
delightful place in the world, and "moth-
err the most charming of companions. 1t
was thus with Goethe, the German poet,
his mothers first born son, who came to
he her plaything and pleasure long before
she was out of her teens. She was a gent
al, social, and withal a clever woman, and
always maintained that the bond between
herself and her boy owed its strength to
the fact that-"my Wolfgang and Iwere
young together"
A mothers authority ought to be mark
ed by a sweet reasonableness. The chill
dren, when old enough to comprehend
more than the bare duty O implicit obedi-
ence, should be convinced that all her rules
and regulations are based on sound prin-
ciples, and have their welfare for their
aim and end. Thus, a young girl of fifteen,
invited to form n Of O large party in a
country house where everyone was older
than herself, adhered to her mothers rule
that she was always to g. to bed at IL
o'clock. No matter what fun was going
on, what temptation was held out to in.
duce her to stay ten minutes longer, she
was gently inflexible, and would say,
smiling: "Mother told me never to stay
up ullCk.1O3 ~ "OulOh Y DS SoOe Aoh NV
Many remarkable men have had remark
able mothers. The first Napoleon never
forgot his allegiance to his mother, Lucre.
zia Bonaparte who had been called the
Cornelia of her day. She was a woman
who practiced "plain living and high
thinking" and though her sons words
bore two meanings, his tribute to her worth
was heartfelt when he reiterated, with
the deepest conviction: France wants
mothers!"
John Wesley, who wa the twelfth Of
nineteen children, loved his, mother Sc
dearly that when he was a young nan al
Oxford, he used to pray that he might
never survive her. And many years after,
ward when word was brought to him, al
Bristol, that she was dying, he ordered
his horse to be brought to the door OF the
chapel where he was preaching in Broad
mead, and rode all night, never drawing
rein till he reached Moorfelds. Some one
made a remark to him about his haste and
anxiety, and he answered "Ah, [ car
never have another mother !"-CasseU''
| M1Onzine.